On 4/14/2011 3:55 PM, Fred Taylor wrote: > BTW, when I was in school for architecture, I had one of the the architects > that worked on the WTC buildings as an instructor for awhile. The way the > towers came down was exactly as they were designed to do. However, it was > several centuries earlier than expected. The buildings were designed to be > structurally sound to last for about 1000 years. Also designed to take a > hit from a 707, not a fully fueled 767. The fact that it remained upright > from the impact itself is testimony to that.
Very cool factoid. Thanks, Fred! _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
